Sex differences found in brain mechanisms important for learning

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    • Published: 01-31-2015 02:26 am
    • http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-sex-differences-brain-mechanisms-important.html

      "The findings, published Jan. 28 in the Journal of Neuroscience, found in adult rats that females have different activity within a region called the hippocampus that is important for associative learning—when ideas and experiences become associated with one another. Furthermore, the sex difference is because of specialized proteins that are part of the so-called opioid system. While associative learning can be beneficial for productive associations, like being focused in a classroom or office, it can prove harmful when it strengthens the associations people make that lead to addiction, such as associating a place with a drug or a drug with a feeling."

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